Woman charged with 5th OWI after chase

Sarah E. Cook

A 30-year-old woman is facing multiple charges, including fifth-offense drunken driving, after police say she gave false identification and led officers on a chase Thursday morning on Wausau's west side.

Sarah E. Cook of Wausau is in the Marathon County Jail this morning and will have an initial appearance today in Marathon County Circuit Court.

Cook was stopped Thursday at about 11:45 a.m. for an expired registration of a vehicle, and initially gave officers a false name, Marathon County Sheriff's Lt. Kevin Gray said. After further questioning, Cook attempted to leave in the vehicle and led officers on a brief chase that ended at the John Muir Middle School parking lot. When Cook refused to exit the vehicle, officers were forced to smash the window and physically remove her to make an arrest, Gray said.

Cook was transported to a local hospital for a blood draw to determine her blood alcohol content after open intoxicants were found in the vehicle. Test results are expected in three to four weeks.

Because of Cook's previous convictions, she is prohibited from driving with a blood alcohol content of more than 0.02 percent, Gray said. In addition to the felony drunken driving charge, Cook also faces charges of fleeing an officer, resisting arrest, identity theft, traveling the wrong way on a roadway and having open intoxicants in her vehicle.

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Woman charged with 5th OWI after chase

A 30-year-old woman is facing multiple charges, including fifth-offense drunken driving, after police say she gave false identification and led officers on a chase Thursday morning on Wausau's west

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